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To the Editor: What are the two most pressing concerns parents have for their kids this coming school year? One, the likelihood of having an entire school infected due to the extreme transmissibility of the disease. And, two, the fact that students d...

To the Editor: We love Newtown. There are many reasons people have chosen Newtown as their home, including quality education and our community character. Safety is the foundation upon which our community is built. A safe community benefits everyone, ...

To the Editor: I’m Mitch Bolinsky, Newtown’s four-term State Representative, a position I have had the honor of earning and holding for eight years. Last week’s Bee and News-Times included a letter with allegations of my being a failure to the BIPOC ...

To the Editor: Many of us have to wonder about why there were two demonstrations in Newtown, a quiet town trying to still recover from the terrible tragedy we experienced years ago. We still have to wonder why no one in the school system ever raised ...

To the Editor: I am responding to the Editorial Ink Drops regarding the issue of mail-in ballots being “common sense” in the coming election because of the COVID-19 situation. In the context of our American republic, it is actually contrary to common...

To the Editor: For well over a decade the various Newtown fire companies had been donating their outdated and surplus equipment to Guatemala, to which I had been forwarding appreciatively. After the Sandy Hook tragedy, I contracted with a well known ...

To the Editor: I am on the mailing list of Poughkeepsie Day School (PDS), and as such, I received an open letter from the Board of Trustees which delivered some sad and alarming news. In short, it announced that the PDS would not be opening this fall...

After a long illness, Brian Bancroft-Billings passed away on July 3 in Newtown, his home of 55 years. He was born in Bridgeport, on August 7, 1934, and was raised in Monroe. Brian was the son of Frank and Elisabet Bancroft-Billings and was the younge...

May 18, 1933 - July 2, 2020 Richard George Seibert, 87, of Newtown, died peacefully at home, after a long illness, surrounded by family. Born in Callicoon, N.Y., he was married to the love of his life for 57 years, Theresa Ann Seibert. Raised in Narr...

Nearly eight years after the tragic events at Sandy Hook Elementary School, important new research published in the Child Youth Services Review sheds light on the victim families’ experiences after the mass shootings. The article, entitled “Primary v...